Elliott isn't feeling well today.  He came home from school yesterday and basically layed down for most of the afternoon.  That's not typical Elliott behavior. He went to bed early and woke up with a low grade fever. Hopefully this will turn out to be nothing and it doesn't spread throughout the rest of the family.  This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store

I forgot to mention this yesterday. We did have some minor problems with Gavin before school.  Lizze wanted him to get dressed and wait in his room because she couldn't keep an eye on him at the moment.  After she told him what to do,  Gavin decided that he wasn't going to listen. He told her in reply, I'll meet you downstairs after I get dressed. Lizze told him again to stay and that he needs to listen. That time it stuck and he listened.  If Web weren't in the middle of everything that we're in the middle of,  I would chalk that up to teenage boligerance.  We didn't make a big deal out of this because, quite frankly, that wasn't a battle worth picking at the time. Things just…

The cost of all those stress is very, very high. I think that the most profoundly affected by this is without question,  Lizze. She is at a point where she is barely walking. She literally overdid things today by simply getting out of bed this morning. I have some indication of how bad things are for her because she's using her cane in public. That's something that never happens,  unless things are really bad.  On the positive side,  at least Emmett is the only one home during the day now. I suppose I should qualify what I mean by at least Emmett is the only one home during the day now. Having Emmett by himself is still like living in a circus.  He's only one child and his adorable looks…

Where to draw the line? That's a question I can't seem to find the answer to. A few minutes ago,  we caught Bella,  the 8 month old Boxer puppy, licking what I would consider part of Gavin's crotch. Gavin claims he didn't realize she was doing that.  However,  when I said she was licking way too close to his privates,  he said she was licking the inside of his upper leg. So which is it? Did he not realize she was licking him or not? I don't know if this is him testing the limits or if this was truly innocent in nature and he just wasn't paying attention. Unfortunately, we have to assume that there was motive behind allowing this to continue.  We have to run a very tight…

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It's been a really long day,  and it's only 11:15am. We met with Wraparound,  which I'll post about later and went grocery shopping. Emmett has been all over the place today and was all over the grocery store earlier. As Lizze and Emmett are going down for their naps,  I settled onto the couch to get some writing done. I'm not sitting for 5 minutes before I see Bella cropping on the floor. Keep in mind that I just let her out. Why does everything have to be so difficult anymore? I mean,  Bella could have gone potty outside.  She could have even pooped in one spot. Instead,  it was like someone type of pooping Olympics or something.  She's walking and pooping at the same time.  As soon as I…